British Airways has won an emergency court injunction to stop a 12-day strike by its cabin crew, bringing relief to around one million travelers whose Christmas holiday plans were threatened by the planned walkout.
The British High Court backed British Airway’s claim that the ballot of around 13,000 British Airways workers by the Unite labor union was illegal because it included members no longer employed by the airline company.
British Airways released an official statement regarding the status of this strike:
“We are delighted for our customers that the threat of a Christmas strike has been lifted by the court.
It is a decision that will be welcomed by hundreds of thousands of families in the UK and around the world.
There was never any need for a strike and we hope that Unite will take this opportunity to reflect before deciding its next steps. We believe the public would want that too.
In recent days, we believe Unite has formed a better understanding of our position and of the ways in which we could move forward.
It has also become very clear that our customers do not believe that old-style trade union militancy is relevant to our efforts to move British Airways back toward profitability. Financial success is essential to build the kind of business our customers want and provide long-term opportunities for our staff.”
It was earlier mentioned that the cause of the said British Airways Strike points to the Human Resource (HR) policies, where most of the British Airways employees are not in favor of.
Well, this is good news for all those traveling using British Airways. However, it was just an injunction and the British Airways strike is not yet over.
